FDA approves tamoxifen to reduce breast cancer risk
The FDA cleared tamoxifen for healthy women at very high risk to cut cancer odds. It lowers risk by 44 percent in high risk groups but raises serious side effects including uterine cancer, clots, and cataracts. Doctors must weigh benefits and risks and educate patients before use.
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Food and Drug Administration
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Michael Friedman
Kathy Albain
Loyola University Medical School
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National Cancer Institute
Zeneca Inc
Harmon Eyre
American Cancer Society
Adults can grow new brain cells in hippocampus experts say
Researchers report BrdU labeling in hippocampal neurons from five adults aged 50s to 70s, indicating new neuron formation. The finding challenges the belief that adult brains do not generate new neurons and raises hopes for therapies in stroke Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, though functions and placements are still uncertain.
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New York
Ira Black
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway
N.J
Nature Medicine
Fred Gage
Salk Institute For Biological Studies
la Jolla
Calif
Peter Eriksson
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Goteborg
Sweden
Shark cartilage shows no benefit in advanced cancer study
The first careful human trial finds shark cartilage powder ineffective for terminal cancer patients. Fifty thousand U.S. victims reportedly tried it, with 60 patients in the three month study conducted largely by the Cancer Treatment Research Foundation in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
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Independent Cancer Treatment Research Foundation
Arlington Heights
Ill
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